# arrombar
## Galician
### Alternative forms

* arrumar, arrumbar

### Etymology

Obscure. Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *rūmaz (“roomy”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aromˈβaɾ/, /arumˈβaɾ/

### Verb

arrombar (first-person singular present arrombo, first-person singular preterite arrombei, past participle arrombado)
* (intransitive) to take up room
* (pronominal) to cope or manage oneself placement
* (transitive) to set something aside for making room
* (transitive) to take away something
* (transitive) to order, to tidy up
* (informal, transitive) to impregnate

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Synonyms

* (to take up room): avultar
* (to put aside): apartar
* (to order): arranxar
* (to impregnate): preñar

### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “arrombar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “arrumbar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “arrombar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “arrumbar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “arrombar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “arrombar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “arrimar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From a- +‎ rombo (“hole”) +‎ -ar. First attested in c. 15th century. It is not related to Galician arrombar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /a.ʁõˈba(ʁ)/ [a.hõˈba(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /a.ʁõˈba(ʁ)/ [a.hõˈba(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /a.ʁõˈba(ɾ)/ [a.hõˈba(ɾ)]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /a.ʁõˈba(ʁ)/ [a.χõˈba(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /a.ʁõˈba(ɻ)/ [a.hõˈba(ɻ)]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.ʁõˈbaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.ʁõˈbaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.ʁõˈba.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: ar‧rom‧bar

### Verb

arrombar (first-person singular present arrombo, first-person singular preterite arrombei, past participle arrombado)
* (transitive) to batter (to break down a door or other barrier)
** 2005, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 180:Se você não abrir a porta, vamos arrombá-la!If you are not going to open the door, we will break it down!
* (transitive) to break in (to enter a place by force)
* (transitive) to force (to forcibly open a door, lock etc.)
* (transitive) to make a hole in
* (transitive, figurative, vulgar) to humiliate
* (transitive, vulgar, colloquial) to have anal sex
* (transitive, vulgar, colloquial) to defeat

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

### References

* “arrombar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
* “arrombar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
* “arrombar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
* ↑ José Pedro Machado (1995) “Arrombar”, in Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa: com a mais antiga documentação escrita e conhecida de muitos dos vocábulos estudados (in Portuguese), 7 edition, volume I, Lisboa: Livros Horizonte, →ISBN, page 321